2017 Round Top Music Festival

ViolinBaltimore, MDPeabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University

A violinist Yujin Park is a young artist. She is currently attending Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, studying with Qing Li who is the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Second Violin. Before she came to the United States, she was a sophomore at SangMyung University in Seoul, South Korea. She was given college scholarships for her top grades.
She was born in Seoul. As a young girl, she grew up in a musical family. Her mother played the violin and now she teaches piano to a number of children as well as is in charge of a choir as a conductor in a church. And her brother is a very talented pianist. He won many authoritative international competitions, including the Long-Thibaud-Crespin International competition in Paris.
Yujin was fascinated by musical instruments and the distinctive sounds each one made. Yujin began piano studies first at age 4 and then she learned violin since she was 5 and participated in competitions, she realized that she deeply wanted to become an international violin player. So she tried to participate in orchestras, including Seoul Pops Orchestra, The doctor's Orchestra in New York.She has won the top prize